A Stoke Newington man who tried to kill a sex worker by setting fire to her hair and stabbing her is facing jail after he was snared due to his scorpion tattoo - and DNA from a puddle of sick he left at the scene of the horrific crime.

A man shot dead by police after taking his ex-girlfriend hostage at knife-point and screaming “one of us will die tonight” may not have known he was surrounded by armed officers and at risk of being shot, an inquest has heard.

Up at The O2 has teamed up with London24 to give one lucky reader the chance to experience urban mountaineering this summer with an exhilarating 90-minute climb across the roof of one of London’s most iconic landmarks.